Without a doubt, Windy City's performance was nothing short of extraordinary. Will never forget seeing them perform this year! Agreed, Big Thanks & RASpect to the guy in the middle of the photo for having the vision to bring them here. Big Up Warren-Amazing! Thanks for all the photo's here Daniel. Jo and I will be sending you ours shortly.
Cheers,
Baggariddim/BaggaJo Reggae

What Bagga said.... We loved Windy City, biggest most pleasant surprise of the weekend! I'm sorting through all the pictures now. Just got a batch up on facebook....will put the link to them in the picture thread. I'll email you the Windy City ones Daniel. Might have to wait till tomorrow though. So tired!

Daniel, I'll make this a priority and get some sent to you when I get to them this weekend.
We fly home Wednesday out of San Jose and are hoping we get to see Windy City one more time before we go home.
Please share the details of the Tuesday night show as soon as you can.

QuoteQuestion???? Is windy city their true name? Or is that what their Korean name translates to?

As Kim Ban Jang explains from an interview a few years ago, the band took its name from the record label "Windy City" formed by Curtis Mayfield in 1968 "because he wanted to find new artists in the ghetto."

QuoteQuestion???? Is windy city their true name? Or is that what their Korean name translates to?

As Kim Ban Jang explains from an interview a few years ago, the band took its name from the record label "Windy City" formed by Curtis Mayfield in 1968 "because he wanted to find new artists in the ghetto."

As Kim Ban Jang explains from an interview a few years ago, the band took its name from the record label "Windy City" formed by Curtis Mayfield in 1968 "because he wanted to find new artists in the ghetto."

A beautiful thing!!!

I say... Some Never Plant yet want to Reap,
Be careful, try to look before you leap;
Took a little walk from my Vineyard...
Now I'm all alone..

Got a chance to meet these guys just before Alpha Blondy. What a great group of peeps, extremely humble and friendly, and man did they jam! Wish I could get to San Jose tonight! Hopefully we will see Windy City again soon! Safe travels.

FYI, 3 of the members of Windy City also perform in the band I and I Djangdan who have released an album entitled "Guidance." They had a few copies of that album while on the village stage but they were long gone before the weekend was over. But you can purchase Guidance at Ernie Bs.......

Gotta a little something for you in your inbox my friend... I hope I got these out to you in time! Was wonderful to experience these guys in person we are lucky indeed to have such a wonderful festival in our backyard.

Daniel (or anyone else), if you have found them, can you please post any and all links to Windy City websites. Their Facebook page is essentially blank and any others I have found are seriously lacking. I'd like to check their bios, discography, etc and also find a place to puchase their CDs/downloads. I'd really love to help support this band to ensure they keep rocking for many years to come. Thx in advance.

p.s. - Daniel, I'd be very happy to hear that they made it home safe and would love to hear any feedback they give you.

Hi, everyone!
We got home safe today.
I feel like I didn't say thank enough to you all.
It was really wonderful experience for us to be a part of the 20th SNWMF.
It is really really rare opportunity to see all the great reggae musicians for us living in Korea.
Thank you so much for inviting us.
We got much inspirations and positive vibration from the festival and California.
It was one of the best festival in my life.
hope to see you all next year.

FYI, Beck Junghyun also plays accordion in a next band called Surisuri Mahasuri. Here's a video from Surisuri Mahasuri:

This week's broadcast of The Uprising features a 2-hour SPOTLIGHT ON KOREAN REGGAE featuring music, an interview and excerpts from WINDY CITY's performances at Sierra Nevada World Music Festival and at South First Billiards in San Jose along with selections from I AND I DJANGDON, BIBIM DUB TRIO and ASOTO UNION.